The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not."When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

That site is very much like drdino.com which used to be run by Kent Hovind but is now run by his son Eric because Kent is doing some time for tax fraud. Both are a disturbing mix of Young Earth Creationism, Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theory.

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As we all know, the miracle of fishes and loaves is only scientifically explainable through the medium of casseroles

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However some of the jumped up jackasses do need a damn good kicking. Not that they will respond to the kicking but just to show they can be kicked

The Shroud of Turin is compelling. The main argument against its authenticity is its age, according to radioactive dating. But my understanding of such a dating method is that results are unreliable. It's also interesting that nothing like this Shroud is known to exist. It is unique. So now the burning question is: How tall was Jesus? The Shroud can tell us!

The Shroud of Turin is compelling. The main argument against its authenticity is its age, according to radioactive dating. But my understanding of such a dating method is that results are unreliable. It's also interesting that nothing like this Shroud is known to exist. It is unique. So now the burning question is: How tall was Jesus? The Shroud can tell us!

Your natural fibres shrink though, I know this because I've bought clothes loose, non restricting, with room to move, the way I like. But a few years later they're tight.

Anyway you say "The" Shroud of Turin, which suggest a claim of exclusivity to me.I've just measured MY Shroud of Turin and Jesus is about 4' 6"Allowing for shrinkage I reckon he'd of been a nine footer at least.

The Shroud of Turin is compelling. The main argument against its authenticity is its age, according to radioactive dating. But my understanding of such a dating method is that results are unreliable. It's also interesting that nothing like this Shroud is known to exist. It is unique. So now the burning question is: How tall was Jesus? The Shroud can tell us!

The Shroud of Turin is compelling. The main argument against its authenticity is its age, according to radioactive dating. But my understanding of such a dating method is that results are unreliable. It's also interesting that nothing like this Shroud is known to exist. It is unique. So now the burning question is: How tall was Jesus? The Shroud can tell us!

The main argument against its authenticity is that wrapping a cloth around a sphere does not produce a flat image. Try it. Paint your face and press it into a cloth. I promise it will look nothing like the shroud.

The Shroud of Turin is compelling. The main argument against its authenticity is its age, according to radioactive dating. But my understanding of such a dating method is that results are unreliable. It's also interesting that nothing like this Shroud is known to exist. It is unique. So now the burning question is: How tall was Jesus? The Shroud can tell us!

There are a number of arguments against the authenticity of the "Shroud of Turin." For instance, there is no credible provenance for it previous to its first appearance in the 14th century. It is well documented that in 1389, the Bishop of Troyes wrote a letter to the pope Clement VII in which he described its origin as the work of an artist who'd admitted as much (source). Your claim that the "Shroud" is "unique" ignores the fact that during the era in which it made its first public appearance, there were a number of such items in circulation. At least four of those (held by Besançon, Cadouin, Champiègne, and Xabregas) were claimed to be "authentic" (ibid.). As you can see above, there are other issues as well, but I don't expect you're going to take any more time to actually answer responses to your post than you did in the other thread, so I'm not going to waste any more time on this.

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